Sochi cost more than every other Winter Olympics put together

The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics are the most expensive Olympics in history and cost more than every other Winter Olympics put together, according to an analysis by Jurryt van de Vooren in the NRC newspaper.

Sochi is estimated to have cost at least €40 billion, which is more than the combined total cost of every previous Winter Olympics since 1924 of about €35 billion.